“Lebedev: ...There'll be a scandal, the tongues of the whole district will buzz with gossip, but it's better to go through a scandal, isn't it, than to destroy yourself for your whole life.”
“Gossip isn't scandal and its not merely malicious. It's chatter about the human race by lovers of the same”
“My dear Arthur, I never talk scandal. I only talk gossip.What is the difference between scandal and gossip?Oh! Gossip is charming! History is merely gossip. But scandal is gossip made tedious by morality.”
“It's better to live down a scandal than to ruin one's life.”
“Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality.”
“Assail'd by scandal and the tongue of strife,His only answer was, a blameless life.”